Duke Chapel Inter-Faith Conversation on Environment March 30

Duke Chapel's Faith Council will host a discussion, "Saving This Earth: What Can Faith Traditions Tell Us about the Environment?", on Monday, March 30.

The event, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Freeman Center for Jewish Life, 1416 Faber St.

The panel will feature leaders from the five major faith traditions, speaking on what spiritual beliefs and practices imply for ethical responsibility toward the environment. Chapel Dean Sam Wells will moderate.

Panel participants include:

-- Umesh Gulati, Hindu scholar and professor emeritus of economics, international business and cross-cultural studies at East Carolina University;

-- Stephanie Kaza, environmental activist, author on Buddhism and the environment, president of the society for Buddhist-Christian studies and professor of environmental studies at the University of Vermont;

-- Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Muslim scholar, author and professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University;

-- Arthur Waskow, rabbi, author, visiting professor and activist in the Jewish Renewal movement;

-- Norman Wirzba, Christian scholar, editor, author and research professor of theology, ecology and rural life at Duke Divinity School.

Past interfaith discussions have included "Paths that Lead to Peace: Faith and Hope in Israel and Palestine" and "Living Faiths: What Do Religions Have to Learn from Each Other."